Teenage After-school Activities

Teenage After-school Activities

Nikita and Saint are irritated with Felix moping around the house and being genrally unpleasant to everyone. He did all right with scouts as a child, so Nikita figures that he just needs to find more after-school activities to do to keep him occupied.

Teens have more options for after-school activities than children do, and can even join up to two of them at once. Like with Children After-school Activities, each one advances certain job skills and better prepares the child for specific jobs later in life. If you have a specific plan for the child, you can enroll him in specific after-school activities to smooth his climb up your planned career ladder.

The process for putting a teen into after-school activities is the same. From the map view, Nikita interacts with the school and selects the "Sign Child Up for Afterschool Class..." [sic] command. You can see in the screenshot that she's got ten to choose from, but scouting and ballet are exclusive to children; the only reason those are on the list is because Disco is the right age. For Felix, he's got eight different options.

It can be tough to choose which ones to go for without a cheat sheet, but that's what the wiki is for! Look at the bottom of this page for a table with all the activities, the skills they advance, and what days they meet. You aren't allowed to sign up for two activities that meet on the same day, but otherwise there are no restrictions. Also, you never have to sign up for two; you can sign up for only one if you choose.

Note that signing up for after-school activities will hurt the teen's chances at holding a part-time job, but this is arguably a net positive. In the long-term, job skills are more important than money, as they'll lead to faster promotions. A young adult who can quickly get to the mid levels of their career track will have more than paid for any money lost by not having a job.

After-school Activities Table

This table alphabetically lists the eight after-school activities available to teens, what skills they develop, and what days they meet. Remember that teens can take up to two activities, but the two must not have conflicting days.

Name

Skill

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thurs

Fri

Art Club

Painting, Sculpting

X

X

Debate Club

Charisma, Logic

X

X

Drama Club

Charisma

X

X

Music Club

Bass, Drums, Guitar, Piano

X

X

School Newspaper

Photography, Writing

X

X

Shop Class

Handiness

X

X

Sports Club

Athletic

X

X

Study Class

None*

X

X

Note: Study Class sharply improves the rate at which a teen does his homework, but doesn't increase any other skill. However, the Logic skill does the same thing, and has much more use once a teen ages up. Therefore, Study Class is never recommended.